Saturday, May 24, 2008

Essential Oils Stank!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I admit it. When I first began working with essential oils, I wasn't impressed. The lavender I bought from the health food store smelled too "outdoorsy." Actually, I thought it smelled like weeds. I wondered "how am I going to stay true to the natural body care piece if I don't even like what I'm working with?"


I pressed on and experimented. After working with the oils and understanding what they were put on Earth for, I developed more of an appreciation for essential oils and their purposes. My olfactory palate became more acute. I began to be able to detect artificial fragrances in other products that said they were all natural. I realized that we have become desensitized to what real aromas are. With that in mind, I continued to work more intensely with the essential oils and also discovered attars in the process.


I love all the essential oils we work with and encourage you to experiment with some for yourself. They are not like fragrance oils and yes they do challenge you to be creative and open to what the real smell of a rose is like, or the real essence of jasmine.

happy smellin' good!